I'd like to get recommendations from the group for websites that track companies in the process of going public. I know there are plenty of IPO sites, but I am interested in finding sites that focus on companies that have not yet issued an IPO, and have not yet made any filings with the SEC, but that have announced that they intend to go public (or that are rumored to be going public). Thanks. Rick Rehberg, Research Director Food and Allied Services Trades Dept. (FAST, AFL-CIO)

I have noticed that often on IRS 990 forms obtained online at Guidestar.org that the major contributors names are withheld from publication. Is their another way to obtain these names such as asking for the 990 form directly from the non-profit? A related question: has anyone know of any instances where a non-profit was actually fined $500 per day for not immediately allowing someone to see its 990?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Report on hazardous waste incinerators in South Carolina

We are increasingly coming across a growing phenomenon in the unionbusting movement -- Spanish speaking unionbusters! Companies are learning that its easier to scare and manipulate Spanish speaking employees in their native language, and are more frequently turning to the blatantly condescending tactic of hiring unionbusters who appear to be "one of them."

The leaders in this field are Cruz and Associates, www.cruzandassociates.com, and Carlos Restrepo. Cruz and Associates, owned by Lupe Cruz, advertises on its website "bilingual consulting" in the area of "union avoidance." Restrepo, who is based in Brownsville, TX, and frequently works in conjunction with Cruz, is a fairly secretive figure. Restrepo is a chronic non-filer of unionbuster disclosure Forms LM 20 and 21 (surprisingly the Department of Labor's enforcement of "direct persuader" disclosure is weak, since they have done such an outstanding job making union disclosure forms available on the Internet).

Cruz and Restrepo originally only worked in California, then branched out to casinos and hotels in Las Vegas. In recent years, they are popping up in a variety of industries and locations. I wanted to give everyone a heads up to be on the lookout for these creeps, and since we have done a lot of research on them, we would be very interested in swapping war stories with anyone who comes across them. We've got some good stuff, but we need more.